Darkness_Fish wrote:Hmm, I always thought that Blind was an excellent Swans track, and Gira's solo version is better than the one on White Light from the Mouth of Infinity. Bit of a cheat calling it a solo effort, mind, given that Jarboe and Bill Rieflin are both present and credited. A good faintly obscure Gira pick, I'd have thought.
Actually I think "Blind" is a bonus track that was added on the 2015 edition of White Light, it wasn't in the original album. Regardless if it's a Swans or solo Gira track I do think it fits really well with Drainland's overarching themes regarding alcoholism, domestic abuse et al. and it does feel like a particularly stark and confessional moment for Gira in his output, considering his struggle with these issues and so on. It's the kind of material I'd have expected in Cash's American Recordings.
Love both, but to me it's an A.
